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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21
MeEAERY ID RLAQuEaIAEs.

4
ne u Enthuaiastica ally KnaGfse1 - Grand
Democratic Rally ~ Pointe.a-la-
Racste.
Last Snnday very large Democratic meet
ing WAS held st BpTas Setslement, 10 the par
ish of Plequepdnes
About 4 p. ny TIC steam propeller w N.
Wood Bteauied down, aie had pp board from
ihe upper waraH 81 tle pgriah 100 petq-
oe1aie tthe full number * passengers she
IL allowed 70 Carry and Tho lngRer Dexter.
foped by her, carried half IS nlang more The
Pointe-a-Is-l iaehe hrass band, led b. Prof,
Hpbt HipRie. ard the Home klage. o. tri-
color brass bhHa, I'D BIZ Prof. LenaR l-apo-
taire, volunteered tseir services. Both bands
nllt tai and produced excG}lenl nlunic Mapy
people from tlis tenth Tafd game ia hHE9feH
aud ou iiQrsebecks others rrqseee Oyer kffllt
the pppoaite side q the i9Fei " sAiiss Riip
when tho neeting was called n Qrsiek lherq
Wore urearnf At least 800 Democratic voters,
and over 100 ladies aud children.
Az 2 nm. Nh. barncn announced
from the large plat9rM efta5fe ~ t4e
eropndeof CApt 1hhmlg Lewis tnet thls
MIS- 70 he . Depeeratic meetiiA8s Flla FL
Ffrasqe "a ~ 1elpos.sss.s Sss !, ss y.
slgy f0tti0i "a raFgy IN hpaecb Ok aeaFtes put
al y are WeicQyne ID speak
CAPT r0in ISIS Fls unRrin1eusly elacted
rfeeideni q the giestqil nnf Az. sF51A e,
SO IS ard Nj llflery grbf
The y.ee pYeHdens sleclee Kelf esf{a
qsaa 3.Eg4a fas Y ~ Sit4 -
Aslsatry sp$.s ljF!aA li3sesi, i3lqleag afse +,
M Old FQpl aa4a kF i5or
qHsls fieo &PlR ~ s2s
y siass bfqfs Y Z 1sililsisi el'a
sIi 1ienesi Rqlof Asgaqa pussl
Hiniafd Hal5t, ~ r Alberti ll4s Aq9pers
\. II fs.',,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21
BREAKING DOWN THE COLOR
LINE,


II another column Is published the
ofleial correspondence relative 70 the
suppression Of the negro militia com
pany, under command of the notorious
Lewis Benjamin, which outraged tie
parish Of Lafourebe FL 1876 1871. and
whose existence was maintained by
Coz. Nichols notwithstanding the ear.
nest and indignent protests Of the PEG
PIE q the town 81 Thibodanx and bar.
ish of Lafourehe This negro com
pany continued III existence, q stand
ing menace to the peace OF Lafourehe,
until near the close Of Coy. Nieholls'
term, when it voluntarily disbanded,
and its members scattered throughout
the State, taking the arms and aecou-
trements belonging to Louisiana with
them.
The refusal Of Gov. Nichols to dis.
band this aggregation Of misereaAts,
whose rUfianiy character is set forth
in the testimony Of Nh. Miehelet, chair.
man Of the Democratic executive com
uittee d Ilafourehe, was ID direct align.
nent with bis famous policy 70 break
down the color line, as announced TO
Senator Wayne MeYeagh aud others Of
the Hayes commission, sent to Louis.
lana to investigate the status Of affairs.
1t was also Ia line with his further ae-
49,, a. m -. I, 4 W. IL Eaa.s.. =
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snrrH 1OUIsIASA.


,-,,r Orleans TNEs-DEMouRkT
y. Nichols and his party have
~ the canvass Of the Sixth
!.s, ,. congressional districts, and
l. y. moved on the Fourth. The
Ivy .,fbair campaign in the Sixth is
IA Of history They entered
m, 5istrict upon the opening q the
.,asionnl campaign and camped IN
aorfipn Of it, entieing the people.
KIN homes with barbeenes and.
, VIM Them with reform slenasr
man nsmocratic administration. The
u was theirs in 1888 by f0i ma
I and they were confident q sue
n fact, they Claimed that Gen.
l.,ls had swept through y like e
..Go, carrying everything before
IA Gov. McEnery and his friends
l'sepcoppIetely annihiiatsd. Wen,
- for the convention to meet at
rived, and it was found that the
'.aIIs forces hadbeen utterly routed,
M foot and Dragons Where
nd over 40 votes in 1883 they
themselves vita . meagfe 10 in
~ by this overwhelming defeat,
Nichols claquers were silent for a
and then they again became vo-
,oOs in their claims. This time it
me Third District that Gen.
AM was sweeping like q tornado.
,vghere the people were rising and
'ior the "retorm" conquerori Great
rishung upon his utteraness, and
n parfshes were solid for himl
n he finished his t1dumphal march
'aah the district the badly scat
SloEnery men pulled themselves
l6er, took long breath and dis
red that it was not so much Of 3
one efter all. They counted noses
found that they were all there, I'M
asd by the torrent Of denuneietion
abuse that had been hurled at
Upon further Investigation they
4 that they were even stronger
before. The Nichols tour was
tornado after all. TWAS o boom
4 People who had been disposed
bvOrabIy consider Gen Nichols
ldacy had been dlsgusted by the
Hess and causeless abuse ot the
poratlc State government by the
lfy orators who were "a the eam-
Hlng party. The effect was that
had determined to resent the
eB in the most conclusive man
By voting fer MeEneBy delegates
State conventions
eareiul survey Of the field IN the
lDistrict leads 10 the Irresistible
lslon that the Nichols ferees will
en- more badly routed than they
already been IN the Sixth Dis
N r. - y
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21

Bob himselt who retired some
months ago to the Cult coast but
who returns today q fali-nedged ana
violent reformer, shouting Down with
the ring, and appealing to every pa4rl-
cite Louiaianian to join In The noble
cause Of reform, whose hannerbe bears.
The Big FoWs7 reformation Is moth
Ing az compared with Col. Bobs trans
formations Is equal is not to be
found outside Of a fsiry book.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21
sLAKDER, NOR PRISeIPLEs.

New Orleans Tunes Democrat
The eampaiga Of the treformers'' "a
getting more and more d campaign Of
Islander. WithoQt any issues 81 their
own having no policy marked out,
proposing no ehanges or reforms, they
find themselves without anything to
discuss or talk Of, unless they indulge
IN attacks upon the administration.
This II Why they revive Ola issues
long siaae settled by the Democracy
and people 81 Louisiana such as The
old land case, brought up BY Blanebard
at a late meeting and Invent new and
absurd ISLANDERS, such as the contempt
able statement that Gov. MeEpery is
CONTROLLED Ia Bis appointments by
others.
The weakness Of the reforners could
not lie better exhibited than 10 these
slandeEz. They hove not q word to
say for themselves they cannot give .
valid reason WY their candidate
should b elected II office; they cam
not NV what no would AZ Il elected
They are lett the only reeourseof q weak
cause Islander TheyRre getting nearer
to this more and more every day
When the campaign opened THE TaLEs-
DEMogRAT hoped that e would bring
abort calm and sensible discussion
u living interests affecting The people
Of Louisiana ana that # would Sc free
from personal abuse. The reformers,
however, refused to meet on such Q
battleaeld, for the simple reason thet
they had no arguments, 10 policy, noI
principles, except 10 secure the control
N our sffairs. They have been ilr
yited time ard again 70 state what
they proposed 70 do; their views on
leadlng5 moaspres q general import
anee have been eGlled for They haze
always declined 70 give any, answer
ing chat they had no views on these
topics, Or had not made Up thsirI
mlnds, and going back again 70 their
campaign 81 slander with assertions,
now that Coy. Enery's appointments
were personal, another time thpt they
were not personal, but dictated 70 him
by othars never thai they were not
good selections and administered the
aflairs o. the State 10 the beet interests
81 ail.
Have they forgotten that the Repuh-
lieans To the last presidential CAM
paign pursued this policy Of slender
aad abuse and that When tho Demo-
Gratis inyited them u discuss public
measures and tohag what they would
do they declined he invitation end
dug up old stories ahopt Cleveland Z
The people Of the United STATES repp-
dated this plan * campaign IN no IN
certain nanuer What they wanted 70
kuoW was how their affairs wQqla be
administered, what policy would beI
pursued, what measures fayored The
Democracy explained the Republican
party deemed Islander and abuse an
argument aud lost.
And ~ & wih be ~ I.ouislapa. Taere
are hundreds n Topics here thet tbe
people would like % herr discussed
Much has been done Rlrsaay, yet muck
stu remains to 20 done WIZ there-
formsrs say what they prepqas9 WI
thay continue to dodge these questions
Of living nomeptf 10 they believe
"a "a ~ Il ,,.4lc. ~ 4 4tssflsiafla upo 40 Na4
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.BOB OGDEN AND .REEoRM.,,

Nichols managers have lately
Rized the SAD fact that their bar
orators did not 3,enthusep Or
up the people, Hals q dozen
lawyers were tried, but after Q
lsys' practice were sent back tp
did not suit. ~ hes
whispered lately Ill loud accents
n these small fry were going To
n adrift, as the reformers had
captured q spperiar quality Of
one Of honeyed tongue and
b voice, VINO would preside over
Ilohoils pig Al Language rich ip
and smile, ana show THE people
|hey should give ell The offices 10
ormers.
have waited expeetant Tor this
Fator who was to electrify his ap-
and sweep everything before
We expected . surprise, md We
been given one. When the
secret wRs revealed, ead
be told that this reforIn orator
'Bob" Ogden, We were stag
at this blow; and even tie re-
not in the secret, were
n and demoralized. It AZ All
lhe unexpected that happens, \
told; but With due allowance
acles, who could Imagine that
fRial, rosy Col. s'Bob' Ogden
'lrn up as q reforpser Il was 8
er 70 see Tho EBig Folir'' la
elormersi but Eor Col Bob
2 the rescue 81 Nieholls, when
Judge Whites and FrApk "A.
z eloquence had rup out, was
liaf.
lalne in his armor with aaIlng
vas not half as colnioal q spec
refolmer nBobp Ogden.
end how did AZ catch tllis aew
We have heard "a every
And has hegot itbadly e Whan
0rp, - =. -.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21
THE eOTT0N CRop.


Cotton World
The prominenS feature Of ths lant month
has been the almost unbroisen continuation
q dry, wFrn weather over pretty Iaueb the
entire belt forcing the frnit to matlrity and
enabling rapid gathefing Of the stapls. aad
81 TIE same tine destroying, except 10 few
sactiona. any pEoaaeot for top crop. As
result of guch conditions mo quality ID the
product rrndes HIGH, though III ioeaIitiea
there il some complaint Of recent heavy rains
aamaglug the cotton, and IN others Il the
tne trash from aepredaton5 Nv worms
Many 81 our correspondents allnda 70 the
ulilsuti nsil ghsAs o. tue fthple, and thq difil-
entity Of max .ng the nsusl weight Of bales.
Inc Two QaroliilaF and Alabama have held
MP Well while N mississippi alao the prapon-
darapee Of reports indieat6an improved Weld
over Aat year The other States at show
gfeater depreciation from last rnpaih, being
more narked M TENNESSEE and ArhansAa.
Picking will bD virtually over Through th6
larger part Of the belt before the close 81 0e-
tober, aud even IN those sections extending
beyond that time the picking season VIII end
much earlier than Hatal
IielQWwili be found the condition by States,
WITH comparisons:
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21

4 Nov QrgaAimtiQn q Union EeleFaps.
Gplalao OCT p.--A preliminary meeting
h elaani2e 4 COMMEND ~ Chicago n tbt 70.
eieiy ug ysierANs af tbe regulsy Rrlny aAa
Agya gas he'd last egenipg u ttrand army
Ieli, aFd q ptfmenept Organization mn 70
eaeotod soon. Tie associations besides pc
ngyolsrt fssinres similar q ihe g. d, Is, ing
icpda ly efganigad efforts 10 obtain auch
ieNE AZ VIA leeufe 70 each hpulfabiY ass
charged SOLDIER III HaiioF pf The fagalff sers
yiee, o. uia heirs aNefrdi3 lQr 1850 acres ~
land, 10 e4uali1e the lorutS leNS tliet eifeet
e&iar sqldierso ~ a4iterss aasd epforee snFiicd
ID tnia respect
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21
Services d aIemory 81 john >. Finoh

Services 10 Memory Of John p. Finch,
NEw YonK, Oct e.-seryices were held AZ
abicheripg Hall to-day IN meInorgaf John
p Finch, The temperance advocate and head
~ M EacietY "a Grand IemplRr8, whose
funeral took place this afternoon at
EYppstoni ~ The stage vacant chair sud
q perirait of Finch wers dFaped in mourning.
Rev Dr. FedefWeH offered pFaycr Eplq-
CYSTIC speeches we're made BY Jos A. Boz
aaTdus, president pf tho boaldof Maisgers
lot the American Temperance onion. itey.
f1r. fhe0dQgo II Eugler, president of tho
National fainptallbe Racietys lien Clinton
Fish III M IA. SlfIi3E grand clief h48Hiar,
T. * II tt a., ef New oris; CQl. II. n. f1hetiB
sFApd CHEF is1nplan ~, offi.I Of ksn-
tRnkt; alr4 Macy Burt presdeHt 81 th0
New York etafa Wopana ChriHfi6n lcInper-
spce Gniop, and others.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21

s3fs1 Il fffe' !, q llaSa lr. sfrlii.
ohitif Aatdnia Severe CQuEhai ard klaifeq
1faciions, Id Is "a elltiept Igmedy;
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mouth With soap and wateg
psreata u the child obiecisd g
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21

i}ftianest itDAr7l ttr't..s
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
ChiIlleips Clorus. and al Skin Erup-
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81 tho world would Be little giFIs end
the other half would Do dolls. w
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That was a. magnificent boiti The next
cratic domination 5or Secretary 81 State ma
elected the Republican candidate, voting for
him directly. This ID clearly shown IL tie
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itself, under TIC gueeernauf wheels Of 4 DO.
nI Y machine mast exneot to be eFushed,
~ - not reasonable to suppose that fhas COM
mpnitY hopes 70 eRespe from being efushed
!, Some Of our political cotnmunifiea hsve
ihe lesson pretty wei learned. Look 81 mr.
al'lisrY effects q boiling IN Che Eastern
IN New York. in 1882, Judge FolRer. a
Fan beyond every. suspicion whatever. 4 man
q suei exalted character az Il rarely nom
lRaied for gubeTnatpfial Office, was dsfeit
eHnee he bad been nominated BIZ 4 poli3ieai
l1aehine, Everybody conceded Ms efltife
Atness' Whist lesson these figures teach
1sR0--p President Garfield ss5 ssA
1BB&--0oy. Hoieer. n s45 ~
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
a Northwestern Boom.


The following items from the Prairie
Blast HOirier furnish a picture of the
great boom now walking all over the
Northwest:
1. Prairie Blast is to have three new
roads in the near future. She will be "A
great commercial center, and already
she Is recognized as the most promising
point in all the vast illimitable North
west. Her excellent natural advantages,
her cultured society and her metropoli-
tan airs should be source of pride to
every citizen who has her interest at
heart.
2. We take great pleasure in cOmpii-
menting Jim Brown upon the excellent
work he did with his new mower on
worked splendidly. and now if the city
authorities will do their duty and have
the hay removed. the street will be one
of the handsOmest business thorough
fares in the northwest.
3. The day is not far distant when
Prairie Blast will have electric lights.
street railways. and her great wholesale
houses will distribute goods from sea to
sea- Her present boom Is but a fore
taste of what is coming.
4, There Is some complaint among the
citizens over the fact that the black
smith shop and post office ale in the
same room, as Charles Grubbs was Sc
verely kicked by horse while standing
in front of the delivery window last eve
ming. We are glad to say that this will
soon be remedied by the removal of the
post office into Lars Olsen's saloon, on
the corner of Washington boulevard
and Pennsylvania avenue, which will
be opened next Tuesday.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
Florida for Poultry.
Poultry Keeper.

TchiAf1
We have been asked about Florida as
suitable place for poultry. We
know something about Florida, and also
what can be done. On the light pine
lands, where the lands are always dry,
diseases OF the poultry, such as roup, are
rare. Insects are plentiful, land In cheap,
building materials low, while the hotels
are compelled 10 send North for chicks
and eggs. home market, with high
prices, exists all the year round, and
there is no better place in the United
States than Florida for poultry. Now
for tie objections. The colored gentry
will sometimes make a midnight descent
and he " 40 makes poultry large bust
ness can have a, assistant 10 clean uD
and do considerable work at night,
thereby serving as a watchman. The
but cleanliness and good management
will keep them away. The Leghorns do
well here, no frosted combs occurring,
while animal food Is not as necessary
here. Green material is plentiful for
ten months ina the year, and stoves or
heating appliances are unnecessary.
Plenty of whtewash is the main stock
in trade. Keep everything clean, and
the hens will lay every month IN the
year, except when moulting.
Florida sells early chicks at home, az
she does not produce enough for the
thousands Of visitors who annually
flock there. The day will come when
that State will be the headquarters for
spring chicks, as they can be produced
there at less risk and expense than any
where else, owing to the favorable con-
ditions of the climate.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
Prof Pickering, Of Harvard, Throws q
Doubt ON Its Reappearance.
Boston Herald.

Prof. Pickering, of Harvard, Throw. .
Doubt ON Its Reappearance.
Boston Herald.
mo. / haven't seen the star of Beth
lehem," said Prof. Pickering, of Har-
ward College Observatory, last evening
to a reporter. II looked for it Wednes-
day evening. when l heard that some
professor i'm Kentucky, unknown to me,
had discovered its presence in the heav-
ems. but l could not see it. i looked for
it with the naked eye. 1t isn't there,
and the chances of its appearance are
very uncertain, indeed. Astronomers
are doubtful about it. Many of them do
not believe it will come at all. i have
received no official information from any
quarter that the temperance of the
star had been noted by responsible as
tronomers. Should il make its reap
pearance, it would be an important as
Economical phenomenon. and would be
observed with great scientific interest all
over the world. Its value to astronomi-
cal study can hardly be determined ex-
cept upon its temperance, Undoubt-
edly II would be of great value, and sci
ertists would probably be enabled to as
certain its cause. Should it appear, il
would be made special study at the
Harvard University Observatory. As
tronomers have but little authentic in
Tie SO-CdDtI blstT Vi
Bethlehem. The only reliable data are
those secured by Tycho Brahe, the Gel
ebrated Danish astronomer, in 1872, who
discovered a very bright star in Cassie
peia, which was 50 brilliant that it could
be seen with the naked eye in the day
time. About 1860 there was a similar
star, and there was probably one about
900, but there is no certainty that they
were the same. From this arose the
idea that there is a star of Bethlehem
which appears every 3l5 years or so. As
to the belief that great misfortunes will
occur upon the earth as a result of the
temperance of the star, that is sheer
nonsense. But just another word:
There is no historical evidence, what
ever, that the star of Bethlehem Is the
star which is said to have appeared upon
the birth of Christ. The Bible speaks Of
it as the Star of the East This could
not have been the star of Bethlehem, as
that did not appear in the east, but in
the north"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01

The Usual Trouble about Obtaining q
aPanel-Exeusing Jurors.

y F8neI-ExeusinR JurOrs
New YORK, May 31.-The work of
getting jury for the trial of Jacob
Sharp, for bribing the aldermen of 1884,
and which was interrupted by a three
days recess, was continued, to-day, in
the court of Oyer and Terminer. The
accused was early in attendance. The
respite did not seem, from his appear
ance, to have afforded him much relief
as he looked worn and anxious. Deco
ration Day seemed to have had its effect
and Jury all had an air of WEAKNESS
about them, and all were a little late in
arriving.
When the wheel was given a turn by
Clerk Walsh and he was about to call the
name of the juror drawn, Carl Kohn-
weller, who had been selected as Juror
No. Eight, arose in the box and address
ing the court, said: ''Your Honor, %
feel that l cannot consistently with my
conscience remain juror in this case.
The sentiment which expressed to you
last Friday is even stronger since the re-
cess, than it was before and l hope you
will excuse me from serving as a juror. :"
To querry from the Court the juror
said he had no other reason.
Judge Barrett said that he had intend
ed to inform counsel of the action of this
juror, but as he thought it matter that
should not be made public, the counsel
for the prosecution and for the defense
and the Judge consulted for over twenty
minutes. The result of the consultation
was ''that Mr.. Kohnweiler was excused
with the consent of counsel, as was also
Juror No. 9, Morris Kohlonger, a dealer
in shirts at II Franklin street, whose
physician had certified that it would be
dangerous for him to sit through long
trial.
These excused created three vacancies
to be filled, and the work of obtaining
other jurors was continued.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
The Irex Wins.

LONDON, May 31-The yacht race
from Harwich to Southend took place
to-day. A spanking east breeze pre-
vailed. The Thistle was the first to
cross the finishing line, crossing at 1:Ol
p. M; the Trek second at 1:04 p. m.
the Genesta third at I'LL p. M, and the
Wendur fourth at 1:27 p. IN. The Irex.
however, wins the first prize and the
Thistle the second. The Irex, Neptune,
Thistle, Queen Nab, Sleuthhound, Wen
dur, Foxhound and Genesta are entered
for the Channel race which will be con-
tested Saturday. The first prize will be
three hundred and fifty pounds.